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Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel was not surprised that they were significantly behind his lap last year in free practice for the Belgian Grand Prix on Friday.
Ferrari has won the Belgian Grand Prix for the past two years, however, on Friday’s training day his car was 1.3 seconds slower than his best result on Friday last year, while 1.7 and 1.9 seconds behind the leader in the second training session.
“I didn’t compare it to last year, but that’s no surprise,” Vettel said when asked about the team’s disadvantage. “It is similar to other sites.”
In the second free practice, only Haas and Williams were slower than Ferrari, with Leclerc in 15th and Vettel in 17th.
“I think it was a difficult day for us,” said a German Ferrari driver. “It was difficult and complicated to drive the car. This also means that we are not where we should be, so now we are trying to find the correct configuration. “
“We tried a lot in the afternoon. We will reboot and try again, something else. I am sure that tomorrow it will improve a little.“
Rain is also expected for the Belgian Grand Prix weekend; Vettel says he could play into their hands and give them a chance.
“This year already We had good times in rainy conditions in Austria and Hungary. in free practice. It won’t be the easiest thing for us, but there’s always a chance that things will get mixed up, so we’ll see what happens. ”
